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Direct and indirect (reported) speech worksheets

Free direct and indirect speech exercises with answers: statements, questions, commands and requests, exclamations, and indirect to direct — reported speech worksheets for Class 6 to 10.

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Statements (Class 6–8)Questions (Class 7–9)Commands, requests and exclamations (Class 8–10)Indirect to direct (Class 8–10)

Statements

Class 6–8 · Worksheet 1 · set 51
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  2. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  3. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  4. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  5. He said, “I live here.”
  6. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  7. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  8. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  9. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  10. She said, “I may come late.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 51
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  2. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  3. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  4. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  5. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  6. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  7. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  8. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  9. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  10. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 51
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  2. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  3. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  4. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  5. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  6. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  7. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  8. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  9. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  10. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 51
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  2. Riya asked me where I lived.
  3. The boy said that he could not swim.
  4. He told me that he would come.
  5. Mother told me not to go out.
  6. She asked him what he wanted.
  7. She said that she was happy.
  8. He requested me to lend him a pen.

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Questions

What changes in reported speech?

Usually the tense (one step back), the pronouns, and time and place words (now → then, here → there), and the reporting verb (said to → told / asked).

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